Citizens of Newry

Public Record Office for Northern Ireland

T2961/1

April 1848

In consideration of the present **** and seeing that evil disposed persons We the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Newry and district expedient and necessary, that all loyal and well-affected men should [ ] maintenance of peace and order, the enforcement of the laws, and mutual pr[otection] and we hereby enrol ourselves for these purposes, solemnly engaging, that we shall bear true allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, and shall to the utmost extent of our power, uphold the authority of the Imperial Parliament, discontenance all measures tending to the repeal of the Union, and resist all attempts to accomplish such repeal by force. Dated at Newry this 28th April 1848